OREANDA-NEWS. May 5, 2009. Mr Putin will prioritise talks with Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, meetings with leading representatives of the Japanese business community, including participation in a prestigious Russian-Japanese business forum, and meetings with key Japanese politicians.

During their talks, Mr Putin and Mr Aso will focus on economic issues, new opportunities of bilateral, mutually beneficial cooperation in the sphere of energy and nuclear power industries, information and telecommunications technology, transport, space and investment. There are also plans to discuss other issues of mutual interest, and to sign intergovernmental documents stipulating expanded cooperation in a number of important practical spheres concerning bilateral relations.

Prime Minister Putin is to address an open conference of Russian and Japanese governors.